Perspectives

Welcome to Modi's India, the training ground for Western fascism
Fascism is evolving. Marching under the banner of Islamophobia, Hindu and white nationalists have become increasingly worrying bedfellows, says Ashok Swain.
Boualem Sansal
French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal was unjustly detained & denied cancer treatment. To call attention to his plight, in late February he stopped eating.
Syrian women
Following 13 years of conflict & repression, Syrian women must be given the resources to help rebuild their country, writes Dania Kareh.
Fossil capitalism is a leech that feeds on the graveyard of Gaza
Israel's militarised violence in Gaza and the climate crisis both serve the interests of one perpetrator: fossil fuel imperialists, writes Mohammad Usrof.
IWD
Palestinian women were a lifeline to their people during Gaza's genocide. On International Women's Day, their strength should be honoured, writes Asmaa Mustafa.
Greater Israel, the myth, and its strategic value
Part Biblical myth part Zionist delusion, the idea of a belligerent Greater Israel is the Zionist strategy, and also its last lifeline, writes Emad Moussa.
Israel's Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea
Mustafa Abdul Salam considers whether Egypt is forced to hike Israel’s gas imports to compensate for its battered economy following its genocide in Gaza.
Trump/Netanyahu
Always neocolonial & flawed, international law could be reappropriated to challenge the Western-imposed racial hierarchy of the global order.
Pro-Palestinian film No Other Land wins 'Best International Documentary' at the Oscars 2025
No Other Land's Oscar win is a testament to the resilience of the Palestinian people, no matter the intention of the Israeli filmmakers, writes Sarah Agha.
Musk
Palantir handling NHS data in the UK is dangerous & shows the acceleration of techno fascism isn't limited to the US, warns Dr Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne.